Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Ron Packard
Ron Packard was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–106th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5483 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001Oct 18, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
- H.R. 4733 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2001Oct 11, 2000 · Veto message referred to Committee on Appropriations by Unanimous Consent.
- H.Res. 286 Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority.Oct 6, 1999 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 2605 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000Sep 29, 1999 · Became Public Law No: 106-60.
- H.Res. 548 Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority.Sep 30, 1998 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3673 (102nd) Membrane Processes Research Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 2016 (105th) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1998Became law
- H.R. 4059 (105th) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1999Became law
- H.R. 3754 (104th) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997Became law
- H.R. 2492 (104th) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996Became law
- H.R. 2604 (105th) Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1517 (100th) Aircraft Collision Avoidance Act of 1987Passed a chamber
- H.R. 849 (105th) To prohibit an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States from receiving assistance under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Packard has won
Rep. Packard has won 9 U.S. House elections (1982–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.7 to 64.0 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.